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most effective image in the world, the great bronze
Buddha in the sun among the pine trees of Kama-kura.
After making a thorough inspection of all the buildings,
we leaned over the parapet of the flat roof beneath a
gilded cupola and let our eyes run up and down the
View towards the Kamba la from Jang-kor-yang-tse monastery across the Tsang-po.
river, which here is seen more splendidly than from
any other place.
We had tea with the Lama. He told us the story
of his life, and it is not without interest. He said that
it was a long time before his sanctity was recognised.
He spoke in a low, sweet voice, and I am not certain
that there was not a tinkle of humour to be detected
now and then. His earliest remembrances were un
